Daily Archives: 08-07-08

Blowback for dummies

By m3t00 | Published: 08-07-08
The FBI’s reading list, courtesy of fedbizopps.gov: 0143034669 GHOST WARS , 150 [copies], EA; 006050532X TERROR IN THE NAME OF GOD , 180, EA; 1400030846 LOOMING TOWER , 370, EA; 1857023811 HEZBOLLAH , 150, EA; 0812238087 UNDERSTANDING TERROR NETWORKS , 150, EA; 1934852023 2008 FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE RULES BOOK , 100, EA; 0743234955 HOLY WAR [...]
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No Mao

By m3t00 | Published: 08-07-08
BBC notes that “[f]or the first time in nearly a decade China is issuing new banknotes without the image of Chairman Mao Zedong.” “The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville in Shanghai says Mao’s dominance of the tender came in 1999, when his image was introduced partly as an anti-counterfeiting device, albeit an unsuccessful one.” See also “Promo [...]
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What embedded journos agree to

By m3t00 | Published: 08-07-08
Mutli-National [sic] Forces—Iraq (MNF-I) Combined Press Information Center International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq As of: 20 NOV 07 NEWS MEDIA GROUND RULES (IAW Change 3, DoD Directive 5122.5) Ground Rules Agreement The following is a listing of ground rules that have been developed to protect members of the Armed Services from the release of information that [...]
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Information architecture: Cal PSC dox online

By m3t00 | Published: 08-07-08
Citing the Veeck decision (7 June ’02), Carl Malamud and Public.Resource.Org have posted the building, fire, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical Public Safety Codes for the state of California. In itself, this may excite a handful of people, but the following statement makes its importance clear: The courts have long held that the law is public [...]
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